San Jose State Defeats Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton basketball Coach Brad Holland frowned as he looked at the statistics sheet after the Titans’ 69-63 Big West Conference loss to San Jose State on Thursday night at Titan gym.

He wasn’t looking at the score, but at the rebounding. San Jose State, the worst rebounding team in the conference, outrebounded Fullerton, 42-27, including 15-6 on the offensive end.

“Look at that,” Holland said. “You tell me if rebounding was the difference in the game or not. We shot 43%, they shot 39%. We had only 10 turnovers. We just didn’t rebound.”

Terry Cannon, a 5-foot-11 guard, scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds as San Jose State, 7-7 and 3-3 in the Big West, won at Titan gym for the first time since 1984.

Forward Winston Peterson, strapped with foul trouble in the first half, scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to lead the Titans (3-11, 1-5).

Fullerton trailed, 25-18, at halftime.